LON Femur 7.5cm with halil buldu may 13th, 2021 God-Willing

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Quote from: Bob on June 08, 2021, 07:15:34 PMTo get good bone formation should you do anything different regarding to exercise etc. when you have done tibia lengthening using external fixation (Taylor Spatial Frame) compared to using internal nail and also compared to femur lengthening using LON?

If you can weightbear, good bone formation relies mostly on walking/blood circulation and eating good specifically dairy and taking supplements like vitamin D etc.
I’m not sure if overdoing all this is bad because of possibly leading to early consolidation

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Day 31 post OP: yesterday was my breaking point mentally, possibly because my wife might leave early her birthday. But also because I hate it here, being so far away from home, being in a foreign country for so long is not an easy thing. It’s not easy for either of us, it feels alienating after so long. It also seems I can’t get comfortable anywhere, in my current condition. There is always pain/discomfort.

I switch places every week, but no place is really set up for me, either the bed is uncomfortable or the bathroom is barely big enough to fit my walker or the wifi sucks terribly. Also, I had some really bad pinsite pain and muscle pain last couple days, it started a week ago and got worse.
So I stopped lengthening the last day and I will not today also. That one day of not lengthening gave me a lot of relief. It really dropped my pain level, not completely but a lot. I guess it makes no sense doing 1.25m some days (I would do 1mm and 1.25m here and there), if it causes you extra pain and to stop. I’m sure when I lengthen even 1mm some pain will come back. My progress will be slow now which sucks. My motivation level is really low, knowing I have some progress made but I’m so far away still after what seems like endless suffering. Even the sometimes when my pain level drops close to 1-2, the discomfort does not go away from the fixators, I can’t sleep in a comfortable position, I take Xanax to sleep, but when I wake up in the morning it’s in a state of pain and discomfort. Night and morning seem to be the hardest. This whole thing is hard, on top of paying money it drains you mentally, physically, & emotionally. So far the small positive thing is I can notice I’m taller than my wife by 3-4cm, before it was only 1cm barely noticeable. But lack of motivation you don’t really even care, you just miss your prior life so much. There’s nothing you can do at this point except keep suffering and recover, if I quit now it’ll all be in the vain.

I can’t wait to have a normal life again God-willing, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to be ungrateful when I do.

P.S. my left nail angle from X-ray worried me slightly, but everyone keeps saying it’s completely fine. upon checking my initial X-ray from the hospital, it looks like it’s always been that way.

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I know what you mean man. This isn’t easy. Everyday I want to quit.

I’ll wait for my next X-rays to make a decision to stop. If I can only do 4cm, sh*t, 4cm it is. Really sucks, but I miss my life so much dude. Let’s hang in there.

But whatever you do please Call the staff to check to see if you have an infection.

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Quote from: PerfectBody on June 13, 2021, 08:44:44 AMI know what you mean man. This isn’t easy. Everyday I want to quit.

I’ll wait for my next X-rays to make a decision to stop. If I can only do 4cm, sh*t, 4cm it is. Really sucks, but I miss my life so much dude. Let’s hang in there.

But whatever you do please Call the staff to check to see if you have an infection.

It was just pinsite pain, it went away after I took a break thank God
I’m gonna try to hang in there, if so probably will end up spending my birthday here lol

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https://imgur.com/gallery/iEdhPJ4

I already said this but, Taking a break has provided a huge relief. I am able to walk unassisted again after not being able to for a while. My muscles have atrophy for sure after this long. I walk like a penguin.  The rod clicking (when you step you feel the rod in your bones shake/vibrate) does not hurt at all but when I step I can feel it every few steps, it feels weird and somewhat uncomfortable and affects your step because you try to take weight off when you feel it click/hit against the bone

No matter what method you use, learn from my mistake and take a break if you feel a lot of pain

I feel dumb for overtaxing my body like that, I am glad it was able to recover a lot after just a short period. I would say my legs feel 50-55% better/less strained

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I learned I had a pinsite infection, it is common but I was not able to identify it. Besides the area being painful/inflamed their is no discharge or smell so I couldn’t tell and neither could the physical therapist. I recommend staying very close to the doctor or BOF hotel where the patients stay, I am there on the way now as I write this, to take a antibiotic shot. My other places of staying were far away so the assistants could not come check on me, and it’s been a week or so that I’ve felt this but brushed it off as lengthening pain.

Do not go over 1mm. I feel 1-2/10 pain level most of the time besides pinsite now that I have stuck to this. It’s really dumb doing 1.25 like I did, the amount of extra pain and discomfort is 2-3x, and then you end up having to stop. I could have saved myself a lot of suffering. I’m checking into the hotel now


I decided to go back to America with my wife this week. I’ll figure out coming back for fixator removal later, but I was pushing myself to lengthen fast so I could leave here quicker. It’s detrimental to me. I’d rather be home with a support system and family, at the moment I don’t care about much else. My mental health is taking a toll being so far away from home in a foreign country, and my wife was leaving next week so I thought about it and I don’t think I could stay here alone, so I decided to go back and booked my ticket. I believe it will make lengthening much easier, being emotionally and mentally relieved time will go by faster. It’s a long plane ride, will be hard but I’ll take some Xanax and thug it out


I’m meeting with the doctor and assistant to do a check up, and I will get some extra antibiotic injection in case I need them in the future, and should be doing xrays in a few days, it’ll be nice to see everyone before I leave for 4-5 weeks


Update*  extremely recommend doing the package, learn from my mistakes. I wouldn’t do in first place again but if you do, the hotel is pretty nice, and there are like 40-50 patients or more here. In The gym I met an Asian girl and another person doing physio, there is a professional bandage changer, all the logistics are figured out for you. And there is always an assistant around if you need anything, it’s basically a limb lengthening center. The even change the bandages perfectly every time. It was kind of dumb staying somewhere else far away from the necessities that I need in this surgery

I did have an infection, he said it wasn’t to bad I received an injection

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Hey bud.

@activatedXx

I hope you’re okay man. Your diary was a little hard to read I couldn’t imagine dealing with an infection on top of the sh**t we deal with everyday. Looking forward to talking to you as well. Seems that 5’7 is a cursed height huh lol. Hope you’re felling better. Talk to you soon.

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https://imgur.com/gallery/IMD7ysP

Hey, think I just saw you, Hope you’re doing ok , once that first week is over it gets much better

I feel 5’7 and under is short, once you hit 5’8 that is slightly under average, but not short.

This is of video of my hotel I had my wife record, I paid about 40$ usd per night and it is really nice for the price, compared to the other places. Very modern and has English channels, and it’s big, the other places were much smaller. More importantly, there is a support system here, that I wish I had since day one arranged my stay here. If you can’t afford the extra negotiate it, but don’t go lone wolf like I did. Ended up screwing myself


Edit* met many more patients here, made the time pass, hung out with them for the last few hours and talked, even if you don’t take the package I would stay here. It’s a right ecosystem this surgery is how I can describe it


Important info
It wasn’t mentioned at first but there are certain sleeping positions you must follow to avoid complications. Supposedly you can lengthen at a faster rate if you sleep flat with no pillow on your back. A few people here including assistants told me not to sleep with a pillow at night because it causes duck a$s, and not to sleep with a pillow behind your legs etc

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I will come to you wait. will expose you too

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Quote from: more on June 15, 2021, 04:44:17 PMI will come to you wait. will expose you too

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No idea what you mean but okay
I don’t support this surgery and members that message me I tell them think three times instead of twice, I’m just sharing my personal experience